Full Cast Announced for Stage Adaptation of TIPPING THE VELVET

Kirsty Besterman, David Cardy, Amanda Hadingue, Adelle Leonce and Andy Rush will join the previously announced Sally Messham and Laura Rogers in Laura Wade's new adaptation of Sarah Waters' bestselling novel, Tipping the Velvet, directed by Lyndsey Turner. They will be supported by a young ensemble. Tipping the Velvet will open at the Lyric Hammersmith on 28 September 2015, with previews from 18 September.

It's 1887 and Nancy Astley (Sally Messham) sits in the audience at her local music hall: she doesn't know it yet, but the next act on the bill will change her life. Tonight is the night she'll fall in love... with the thrill of the stage and with Kitty Butler (Laura Rogers), a girl who wears trousers. Giddy with desire and hungry for experience, Nancy follows Kitty to London where unimaginable adventures await.

JARED ASHE (Walter)
FOR THE LYRIC: Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas
OTHER THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: Brief Encounter (Windsor Theatre Royal); The Low Road (Royal Court); Radio Times (Watermill Theatre); Black Coffee (Chichester Festival Theatre); Up 'N' Under, The Taming Of The Shrew (Queen's Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Mikado (Stephen Joseph Theatre); Oh What A Lovely War (Basingstoke Haymarket); Privates on Parade (West Yorkshire Playhouse) and Arturo Ui (Watford Palace).

KIRSTY BESTERMAN (Diana)
FOR ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBURGH: Private Lives
THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: Arcadia (ETT & ATG); Separate Tables, Dangerous Corner (Salisbury Playhouse); Tonight at 8.30 (ETT); The Precariat, Foxfinder (Finborough Theatre); The School for Scandal (Park Theatre); Playhouse Creatures (Chichester Festival Theatre); Othello (Cheek by Jowl) and The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare's Globe).
TELEVISION AND FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: Father Brown, Silent Witness, Foyles War, Doctors and Chicken.

TAMARA CAMACHO (Young Ensemble)
Tamara is a member of the Lyric Young Company.
THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: Dream Girls (Costa Del Sol).

DAVID CARDY (Chairman)
FOR THE LYRIC: Ghost Stories (and Duke of York's Theatre)
OTHER THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: Made in Dagenham (Adelphi); Dreamboats and Petticoats (Savoy Theatre and Wyndhams Theatre); Basket Case (UK Tour); Caught in the Net, Not Now Darling (Sonning Theatre); Treasure Island (Rose Theatre Kingston) and All Quiet on the Western Front (Nottingham Playhouse and UK Tour).
TELEVISION AND FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: Birds Of A Feather, The Bill, No Sweat, Prick Up Your Ears, The Keep and Three Steps to Heaven.

GRACE FROGLEY (Young Ensemble)
Grace is a member of the Lyric Young Company. Tipping the Velvet will be her first professional production.

AMANDA HADINGUE (General Woman)
THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: The Ghost Train (Royal Exchange Theatre); Playing for Time (Sheffield Crucible); Small Family Business (National Theatre); Rising Damp (Tour); The Master and Margarita (Complicite?); Hamlet (Shakespeare's Globe); Get Santa (Royal Court); The Merchant of Venice, Taming of the Shrew (RSC) and The Wonderful World of Dissocia (National Theatre of Scotland/Royal Court).
TELEVISION AND FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: Holby City, Jonathan Creek, Lead Balloon, Serves You Right, Black Pond and The Queen.

RU HAMILTON (Sweet Alice)
Ru has recently graduated from the Actor-musicianship course at Rose Bruford. Whilst training Ru took part in two R&D residencies at the North Wall, Oxford with Iron Shoes and Theatre Ad Infinitum. Tipping the Velvet will be his first professional production.

ADELLE LEONCE (Florence)
FOR THE LYRIC: Secret Theatre Company
OTHER THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (National Theatre). TELEVISION CREDITS INCLUDE: Shameless, Vera and In the Garden.

GEORGIE LORD (Young Ensemble)
Georgie is a member of the Lyric Young Company. She graduated from LAMDA's one year Foundation Course in 2014. Tipping the Velvet will be her first professional production.

SALLY MESSHAM (Nancy)
Sally has recently graduated from RADA. Tipping the Velvet will be her first professional lead role on stage.
TELEVISION CREDITS INCLUDE: Midwinter of the Spirit.

LAURA ROGERS (Kitty)
FOR ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBUGH: Pressure (a co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre).
OTHER THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDES: An Ideal Husband, Blue Remembered Hills, Hay Fever (Chichester Festival Theatre); Masterpieces (Royal Court); The 39 Steps (West End); 55 Days (Hampstead) and Macbeth, As You Like It (Shakespeare's Globe).
TELEVISION CREDITS INCLUDE: New Tricks, Dates, Dr Who, The Smoke, Law and Order: UK, Midsomer Murders, Bad Girls and The Sins.

ANDY RUSH (Ralph)
FOR THE LYRIC: Dick Whittington and his Cat
OTHER THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: Unidentified Item in the Bagging Area (Pink Snail Theatre Company); Jumpers for Goalposts (Paines Plough); Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night (The Lamb Players); Hello/Goodbye (Hampstead Theatre) and The Kitchen Sink (Bush Theatre).
TELEVISION AND FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: Waterloo Road, New Tricks, Tommy Cooper - Not like that, like this, ID2:Shadwell Army, Wizards vs Aliens, Here & Now and Casualty.

AASIYA SHAH (Young Ensemble)
Aasiya is a member of the Lyric Young Company. Tipping the Velvet will be her first professional production.

SARAH VEZMAR (Blake)
THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: Hindle Wakes, Alice In Wonderland (Bolton Octagon); The Comedy Of Errors, The Secret Garden (Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre); Refugee Boy (West Yorkshire Playhouse/UK Tour); Can't Stand Up For Falling Down, Legend Of King Arthur (York Theatre Royal); Sugar Daddies (Oldham Coliseum/Harrogate Theatre); The Rime of Ancient Mariner (The Marine Theatre/UK Tour) and Cinderella (Liverpool Playhouse).

Full company includes Jared Ashe (Walter), Kirsty Besterman (Diana), Tamara Camacho (Young Ensemble), David Cardy (Chairman), Grace Frogley (Young Ensemble), Amanda Hadingue(GeneralWoman),RuHamilton(SweetAlice), AdelleLeonce(Florence),Georgie Lord (Young Ensemble), Sally Messham (Nancy), Laura Rogers (Kitty), Andy Rush (Ralph), Aasiya Shah (Young Ensemble), Sarah Vezmar (Blake).

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